US EditionMissouri prisoners report being forced to shovel snow in subzero temperatures
Prisoners at multiple Missouri facilities faced subzero conditions clearing snow with inadequate gear while some snow-removal vehicles remained unused, activists and families said.
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Prisoners in Missouri Report Being Forced to Shovel Snow in Subzero Temperatures
With temperatures hovering near zero and windchills approaching minus 20 degrees, Spain Bady was ordered to leave his cell at Algoa Correctional Center on Saturday morning and clear snow from prison walkways. He refused, telling the corrections officer directing him to go outside that he has been enrolled in education programs and is exempt from labor assignments. That is not what the prison… Source
Missouri Independent
Missouri prisoners report being forced to shovel snow in subzero temperatures
The Algoa Correctional Center in Jefferson City (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent).With temperatures hovering near zero and windchills approaching minus 20 degrees, Spain Bady was ordered to leave his cell at Algoa Correctional Center on Saturday morning and clear snow from prison walkways. He refused, telling the corrections officer directing him to go outside that he has been enrolled in education programs and is exempt from labor assignments.…
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